Festivals and funerals Flashcards
1
Q
Vesak
A
Always full moon
May
Buddhas Death birth and enlightenment
2
Q
Parinirvana day
A
Mahayana February Buddhas Death If Vesak is Christmas this is Easter Pilgrimage to Kushinagar where Buddha died
3
Q
Sky burial
A
Tibetan Mahayana
Instead of burial or cremation they leave the body for the vultures
4
Q
Theravada Buddhist burial
A
Generally cremation with donations to charity instead of fancy funerals
5
Q
Stupa
A
Tibetan Mahayana
When a very revered monk dies they will be preserved in a stupa
6
Q
The focus of a Buddhist burial
A
Anicca
7
Q
How to Vesak
A
Light candles and lanterns, give offerings to monks, go to temple and pray/meditate
8
Q
How to parinirvarna
A
Meditate, pilgrimage and read the Mahaparinirvarna
